Movies: Patriarchy

Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will recei...

12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar....

A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe....

A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Ku...

In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister....

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historica...

A group of women fight patriarchy and societal values. Prem Kaur, a new police officer, uncovers dark secrets and becomes a beacon of hope for the womenfolk....

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The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms....

Shirish and Geeta run a rickshaw driver over and have dramatically opposing reactions to the tragedy. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the invisible protections afforded to him by class structure, and the visible walls and locked gates of his home. In...

An unexpected turn of events happens after a woman faces off with a competitor that wants her job....

Given the fetishizing and normalizing character that is given to motherhood in patriarchy in order to perpetuate the social order, do we truly choose to be mothers? Why is care, of fundamental vital labor, presupposed as an especially appropriate tas...

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed ab...

Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. The next day they meet again, but Carolin is now a corporate lawyer working on a major contract for Robert ......

Social media superstar Qandeel Baloch pushed boundaries in conservative Pakistan like no other. In 2016, high on her newfound celebrity, Qandeel exposes a well-known Muslim cleric – with tragic results....

Based on the novel of same name by K. Shivaram Karanth. Sarasamma, a woman who lost her life in the practice of Sati, is worshiped by women in troubled relationships. The movie shows the stories centered to these women and societal issues faced by th...

Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile....

A convicted felon builds a feminist movement from behind bars at an all-male prison in Soledad, California....

What happens to families in the absence of sons? What happens to land in the absence of farmers? What happens to villages in the absence of men? Sent Away Boys weaves together stories of individual ambitions and family biographies from Punjab (India)...

A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my death,” which reveal a dark history for her family to discover....